Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer who feels comfortable at the intersection of classical on-premises infrastructure and modern cloud-native technologies. You will be responsible for the reliability, automation and observability of our hybrid environments – with a strong focus on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Observability using the Grafana, Kubernetes cluster management, and automation workflows.
Your main responsibilities
* Design, operate and continuously improve the reliability & availability of our VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) based platforms (on-prem and in interconnection with cloud environments)
* Manage and automate VMware landscapes (vSphere, NSX, vSAN, Aria Suite etc.) in large-scale hybrid/multi-cloud setups
* Implement and extend our observability stack based on Grafana
* Build, operate and scale Kubernetes clusters, including day-2 operations, upgrades, capacity management and security hardening
* Develop and maintain automation workflows primarily using Kestra (in conjunction with other tools such as Ansible, Terraform)
* Drive incident response, post-mortem culture, error budgets and toil reduction according to SRE principles
Qualifications
* Very good hands-on experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) – ideally including recent versions (5.x / 9.x)
* Solid understanding of core VMware technologies: vSphere, NSX, vSAN
* Practical experience operating and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters
* Good knowledge of container ecosystem concepts
* Strong skills with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
* Experience with workflow orchestration / automation tools – Kestra is a strong plus
* Very good practical knowledge of Grafana stack
* Scripting & programming skills
* Good German and very good English skills (documentation & communication mostly in English)
Additional Information
* A mutually-supportive, international team
* Meaningful work with a lasting impact on medical technology
* 30 vacation days, plus December 24th and December 31st
* Flexible working hours as well as hybrid work model within Germany
* Bike leasing via cooperation partner "BikeLeasing"
* Parking garage and safe underground bike storage
* Award-winning subsidized company restaurant and in-house cafes
* Variety-rich fitness program in our ultra-modern 360m2 company gym
* Regular after work, team, and company events
* Comprehensive training and continuing education opportunities
Ready to apply? We look forward to receiving your online application including your first available start date and desired salary.
Contact person: Leonie von Leoprechting